General Election 2019

(10-12-2019 19:17 )Cooper_temple Wrote:  2019 and look at the choice we got...the whole system needs breaking

I wouldn't be quite that cynical! there is always someone to vote for! A least worst option maybe. I would even see as just about valid, a ballot effectively being spoiled with 'none of the above' At the end of the day, it is easy to occupy the sidelines, and shout abuse at the players! Harder to 'get involved' by even seeking a mandate for yourself, if you feel the candidates are not up to scratch!!

What might help is if we had candidates/leaders adopt a starting point - which in many ways would reflect the reality - of making it clear that govts can not fix everything. In turn. we should expect that an increasingly self serving media, would instead adopt a truly neutral/objective stance instead of making capital out of interviews etc, and stop describing politicians/parties (prospective or otherwise) who adopt a loose hand on the tiller approach with smaller manifestos and less - but more meaningful/realistic pledges - as candidates/ parties who have :quote: 'Nothing new or fresh to say/contribute! - boring in fact! How often have we heard that approach being taken in broadcasting output!!

(10-12-2019 19:15 )terence Wrote:  ^two of those are right.

Would you still trust Farage over Johnson & Corbyn???

Look where we are right now, people on social media are saying a picture of a little boy on the floor is fake/doctored. We are told lies all over the place by parties, newspapers, fake news, social media etc. It's actually really sad we are in this position. The EU ref sums it all up, the whole thing was a shambles.

(10-12-2019 19:22 )babelover48 Wrote:  FFS!!! Johnson used a fucking private jet to go from Doncaster to Teesside!! yet he bangs on about climate change like HE fucking cares about it!!

YOU FUCKING HYPOCRITE BORIS!!

Without wishing to defend Mop-Head, here's a few facts...


It was a chartered ATR-72 which is a Turboprop not a jet.

Also, it's designed for short haul regional services and assuming it's fully loaded or thereabouts (PM, Protection Officers, Staff, Media etc) is actually more fuel efficient on a per passenger basis than a car is.

So, a convoy of 20-30 cars, a bus (both options not secure) or a plane? The choice is yours.

I had the Brexit Party at the door when I was home for lunch today. They'd obviously been primed as they were suspiciously nice so I hit them with the question I've been waiting to ask.

On Friday, your man is the sole representative of your Party at Westminster. What can he do for this town?

I swear I saw a fucking tumbleweed blow past, it was that quiet.

Was the use of the plane after those muppets from Extinction Rebellion dressed as bees superglued themselves to the front of the Conservatives bus?

^Possibly but I thought it was the LibDim's electric bus?


*Correction*

I hadn't realised the ER loonies had been at it again today, I've been too busy to see any news...


He was in Teesside on Monday, I saw the plane land as I was on a job near the airport. He then got stuck in a jam on the A19

The latest YouGov poll has the Tories winning the election with a majority of 28 seats.
But polls have been way off in previous election.

However if Boris losses he can always get a job as a JCB driver

(10-12-2019 23:08 )Tumble_Drier Wrote:  I had the Brexit Party at the door when I was home for lunch today.

Your honoured. Nobody from any party ever ventures out into bandit country where I live.
All I've had recently are the Jehovah's Witnesses. And they travel in fours round here Two stay in the car with the engine running

Ah yes I remember the good old days of that crowd coming round my way. Hopping the doorbell out of it at 9 o'clock on a freezing Saturday morning and I fell around laughing at them when they brought up the fact that it was disgraceful that I had to lock my front door at night. Making the argument that wasn't it better years ago somehow when apparently people could leave their doors unlocked at all times willy nilly, they haven't been back in years